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As regular users of the shop will have
noticed, there have been some changes in
the Post Office recently, along with some
new faces.
After nine years (yes, really) Ian and I have
finally hung up our name badges
and pinnies for the last time
-well nearly- more later.
The new owners are the Patel
family. Hitesh and his wife,
Shital run the shop at weekends,
and Hitesh's brother, Chitran and
sister, Ashmita (Ash) are in charge during
the week.
They have not run a village shop and Post
Office before and will therefore need all
the understanding and support you can
give them in the weeks to come.
We vividly remember our first few weeks
in the shop. There seemed to be a thousand
things to learn, names to remember, jobs
to do; the only 'positive' side was that
we had 16 hour days, 7 days a week to
learn it in! Meals, sleep and family time
became luxuries vying for the remainder
of the time.
I am sure we made plenty of mistakes, as
anyone would; but, with time, we would
like to think that the time and effort we
put into the business has been a credit to
the village, as well as our own satisfaction
of a job well done.
The baton has now been handed on
to the Patels. With your support, they
will continue to run a thriving amenity
which the village can be proud of -
goodness knows that there are not that
many about any more, so it is a very
precious commodity.
We will shortly be moving to pastures
new in Norfolk, but until then, I am
still helping Chitran in the Post Office
occasionally.
So if you see me in the 'Box' for the next
couple of weeks, I can assure you that it
is only temporary - I am enjoying not
getting up at 6 am far too much.
That just leaves me to say thank you to all
of you who have made our time in
Greens Norton so full of good
memories, those who have
supported the shop, friends we
have made and people we will
never forget.
We have had some amazing times
and collected enough stories for at least
a couple of books - no don't worry, I am
certainly no writer.
Bye Bye for the last time
Pia
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